Another dose of mid-teens USHC that slipped by me in the moment…amazing what you miss out on when you’re focused on not falling the fuck apart. Philadelphia 2016, nice and squirmy the way the kids liked it back then, but it’s the way that ENAMEL surge forward that really grabs me. It’s as if they settle into a tempo and then…the drummer holds them back just enough to feel them try to catch up when he kicks it back up. The bands are completely different, but it’s the same way I sometimes feel about Markley’s drumming in ECONOCHRIST – a rock steady four on the floor with a looseness around the pace instead of within it. Most of you are going to notice the vocals, and that’s okay because they are in your face and full of fire. Some of you are going to pay attention to the guitars instead and that’s okay too because they are a swarming duo of no bullshit North American hardcore riffs and they are exactly what I need today. But I’m still gonna hone in on that rhythm section because they’re giving me pause, they’re making me think and they’re making me listen. I guess I should have paid more attention in those twenty teens.
